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G. CBESSMAN.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 29; WW.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

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GAME

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

Applicationfiled October 29, 1918.- Serial No. 260,133.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE CRESSMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at German Valley, in the'county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specification.

The object ofthe invention is to provide a simple and entertaining game apparatus involving the principle of a rebounding ball or projectile for loclgment in one of a num ber of baskets or receptacles having arbitrarily applied values in determining the score or outcome of the play and involving in a way the principle of the game of tennis in the sense that a barrier is employed as au obstacle which must be avoided inmakin a successful play to cause the lodgment of the projectile in a receptacle constituting a part of the goal.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description .of a preferred embodiment of the invention, it being understood that changes in form, proportion and details may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a general view of the apparatus as seen when in use.

Fig. 2 is a side view designed to show the relation between the planes of delivery of the projectile and of the rebounding surface to illustrate the obstacle which is afforded by the barrier to the direct projection of the ball or other missile into the receptacle of the goal.

Fig. 3 is a view of a modified and preferred form of the apparatus adapted for transportation and storage under conditions involving compactness, and adapted to be used either on the floor or ground or where ever the operator may prefer to arrange the parts in playing relation.

Fig. 4: is a sectional view showing the apparatus with the elements thereof packed or stored for transportation.

The apparatus embodying the invention consists essentially of a table or board 10 affording a rebounding surface which is preferably flat and level and inelastic or of some relatively hard and unyielding material, in rear of which is located a goal 11 which may consist of a plurality of distinguishably designated or numbered baskets 12, into either of which may be projected the ball or missile 13 after being delivered from the hand of the player and upon rebounding from the surface 10. The players station at a suiiicient distance from the rebounding surface may be determined by a sign or rope l lor may merely be indicated by a mark upon the floor so that the severalparticipants of the game may be on an equality so far as distance from the playing surface is concerned. Erected above the playing surface and spaced at its lower edge a predetermined distance from the plane of said's rface is a barrier15 consisting for example of a net disposed in a vertical or approximately vertical position and across or intersecting the path of the ball orprojectile in its passage from the hand of the player to the goal so that in order to pass the barrier it is necessary to cause the projectile or missile to strike upon the surface of the table or board near the vertical plane of the barrier andypa'ss thereunder as indicated by the dotted lines in'the drawing. In other words the barrier interposes an obstacle to prevent the projectile from beinthrown directly into the receptacle of the goal and necessitate the rebounding of the ball in order to pass the net. the depth from front to rear of the rebounding surface being such as to cooperate with the barrier in necessitating the indicated operation in order that the projectile or missile may reach the goal.

By having the baskets or receptacle of the goal variously numbered to indicate different markings which may be aggregated to form a score, an interesting game may be played, the skill of the'player being called into account in an efiort to cause the ball, which may be of any suitable elastic or rebounding material, to find lodgment in the basket or receptacle which will count most advantageously on his score, and it is with a view to increasing the possibilities of control in proj ection of the missile that a flat and inelastic rebounding surface is preferably employed in this connection, the elasticity being inherent in the missile rather than in said surface, although obviously, the conditions may, if desired, be reversed.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 the apparatus embodying the invention includes a receptacle 16 of elongated box form of which the cover 10 constitutes the playing or rebounding surface and is adapted to be secured firmly to the wall by suitable fastening devices to give it the required firmness. The receptacles constituting the goal and which are indicated at 12, are preferably numbered and of such form as to permit of their being nested for storage in the receptacle together with the barrier 15 consisting of a net 17 and standards 18 to be fitted, when'the apparatus is to be used, in sockets 19 formed onor attached to the ends of the receptacle and constituting handles by which the latter may be carried from place to place.

It will be understood that any desired number of playing balls or missiles 13 may be used according to the number of participants in the game and that a variety of games based upon the general principle indicated may be played, the method of scoring may be modified and the play of the various participants may be pursued as partners or sides with the scores of individual players aggregated.

It will also be understood that the shape or form of the pocket constituting the goal may be varied, and the size may be modified either in accordance with the numerical designations thereof or otherwise as prefcrred.

Having described the invention I claim l. A game apparatus having a goal including distinguishably designated receptacle-s, a fiat rebounding surface arranged in front of the goal, a playing ball for rebounding contact with said surface in its path to the goal, and a barrier transversely intersecting the path of the ball in play and spaced above the surface to provide an interval through which the ball may pass in rebounding from the surface.

2. A game apparatus having a goal, a flat rebounding surface arranged in front of the goal, a playing ball for rebounding contact with said surface in its path to the goal, and a barrier consisting of a net stretched transversely across the path of the ball in play, above and spaced at its lower edge from said rebounding surface to provide an interval through which the ball may pass in rebounding contact with the surface.

3. A game apparatus having a storage receptacle provided with a cover forming a Hat rebounding surface and also provided with terminal sockets, a goal consisting of a plurality of distinguishably designated pockets for storage in the receptacle, a barrier consisting of a net stretched above the rebounding surface and spaced at its lower edge therefrom and having standards for engagement with said sockets, the net and standards bein adapted for storage in said receptacle, and playing balls for contact With the rebounding surface to pass the barrier in transit to the goal and also adapted for storage in the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

GE ORGE CRESSMAN. 

